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What Makes Us Get Sick?
Rishi Manchanda gave us a fascinating TED Talk about "getting to the root cause of what is making them ill — the...
Checking Your Smartphone at Night May Ruin Your Sleep
"It's a common habit most of us fall into. Who doesn't send a few text messages or check their Facebook feed one last...
Viruses in the Workplace Can Linger
News on Wellness: "As reported at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, officials...
Wellness Programs Pay Off
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce says that businesses today cannot afford not to have a wellness program, the Terre...
Train Your Brain to Prefer Healthy Food
A new brain scan study published in the Nutrition & Diabetes journal suggests that it is possible to reverse the...
5 Things You Need to Know About Cholesterol
The San Diego Union Tribune has a very good piece summarizing the basic facts of cholesterol: 1. "Your body needs some...
Will the Apple Watch Spark Growth in Wellness Programs?
"Benefit professionals say Apple’s just-introduced Apple Watch smartwatch may spur adoption of corporate wellness...
The State of of Wellness Programs in 2014
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released an extensive survey of employer health benefits which includes some very...
Bike Sharing Catches on in Suburban Workplaces
"Working in suburbia comes with sedentary drawbacks. There is the long drive to work, followed by sitting at a desk...
Employer Sued Over Wellness Program
"In order to avoid costly litigation, employers need to carefully design their wellness program — especially when they...
Using Wearable Devices to Promote Employee Wellness
"From smartphone apps that tell you how healthy your food is to wristbands that track your activity and sleeping...
The Business Strategy Behind Wellness
"Wellness has become a key driver of corporate strategy for many organizations, yielding increased productivity and...
CEOs Complain About Wellness Program Rules
"Large U.S. companies are chafing at federal requirements they say limit the effectiveness of their employee wellness...
Do Long Meetings Make You Dumber?
"If, after sitting for hours in a stuffy, crowded meeting room or classroom, you've found yourself thinking a little...
A Quarter of Americans Do No Exercise at All
The CDC released a new report that looks "at how states across the country support physical activity, revealing one in...
Shift Work Linked to Greater Diabetes Risk
A new analysis of 12 previous studies in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine finds that "people who...
Getting Fit Can Make You Perform Better at Work
"NASA conducted a study showing that people who make exercise a habit are consistently more productive after seven...
Do Wellness Programs Boost Productivity?
"Like many a Fitbit owner, I spend excessive amounts of time tracking my steps on the Fitbit dashboard. One day, I...
The State of the Wellness Industry
Cathy Kenworthy, CEO of Interactive Health, was on HealthCare Consumerism Radio to discuss worksite wellness solutions...
5 Tips to Make Overworked Employees Feel Valued
"Few employees put in extra hours without receiving something -- tangible or otherwise -- in return. Companies strive...